Despite recent advances in perinatal-neonatal care, there is an increasing trend of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) among survivors of prematurity1. Most infants developing BPD are born prematurely, and 75% of affected babies weigh less than 1000g at birth2. The risk of developing BPD increases with decreasing birth weight with reported incidence as high as 85% in neonates weighing between 500g and 699g, but only 5% in infants with birth weights over 1500g2. Alberta has the highest rate (10%) of delivering premature infants in Canada. In Edmonton approximately 200 premature infants <1250 g birth weight are born annually and up to 50% will develop BPD. This puts a heavy burden on health resources since these infants require frequent hospital re-admission in the first two years after birth and, even as adolescents have persistent respiratory symptoms.